1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
2001 – Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952) Dies
2013 – American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges
2013 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (b. 1927) dies
Audrey Nicole Francisquini is accused of handing out flyers to students promoting her social media account while wearing a backpack and carrying a skateboard and recording her interactions on her phone when she was stopped by school security, according to WFOR-TV in Miami.
Well she really did gain a bigger audience by being posted on major news outlets.
Just by being a diligent farmer, this man took on France and changed his nations border.
That’s what a Belgian farmer learned after he moved a sizable stone that constantly disrupted his tractor’s path. But, it turned out the rock was actually a marker that served as a divider for France and Belgium, according to the BBC.
Moving the stone marker 7.5 feet reportedly made France smaller and Belgium larger. The shifted border was first noticed by a local who explored the boundary earlier this year.
It makes you wonder why this was not a little more clear when they put up this marker.
Here is a man with a rather noble ambition, thou unusual, is very pro-life.
Misheck Nyandoro, 66, does not work and claims his full-time job is ‘satisfying his wives’, who cook, clean, and cater to his every desire.
The dad-of-151 has no plans to slow down, however. He will marry his 17th bride in the winter and hopes to have 100 wives and 1,000 children before he dies.
Ladies, you could be wife # 18 or more. Perhaps you can fill out an application on line.
In the western state of Gujarat, some people have turned to cow shelters to cover their bodies in cow dung and urine once a week, in the hope that it will boost their immunity or help them recover from the virus. Cows are considered sacred in India, with the animal a symbol of life and the earth in the Hindu faith. For centuries, Hindus have used cow dung to clean their homes and for prayer rituals, believing it has therapeutic and antiseptic properties.
Some of us do this virtually by the stuff we take in on media.
When you hold a job like Defense Minister of Russia, you presumably have to be bold and think outside the box to protect your country from enemy advances. And with his latest strategic idea—cloning an entire army of ancient warriors—Sergei Shoigu is certainly taking a big swing.
What action star would you get to star in this? Jason Statham? Or the Rock? Maybe this could be the plot of Fast 10. Or would it be a action comedy with someone like Jim Carey?
A herd of wild boar surrounded a woman who had just come out of a supermarket near Rome and stole her shopping, rekindling a debate about the presence of the animal in Italian towns and cities.
COVID-19 deaths in the United States have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and, on some days, hitting zero.
Confirmed infections have fallen to about 38,000 per day on average, their lowest mark since mid-September. While that is still cause for concern, reported cases have plummeted 85% from a daily peak of more than a quarter-million in early January.
Americans who are fully vaccinated can go without masks or physical distancing in many cases, even when they are indoors or in large groups, federal officials said Thursday, paving the way for a full reopening of society.
Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures and toppling a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities in airstrikes. The Islamic militant group showed no signs of backing down and fired hundreds of rockets at Israeli cities.
In just three days, this latest round of fighting between the bitter enemies has already begun to resemble — and even exceed — a devastating 50-day war in 2014. Like in that previous war, neither side appears to have an exit strategy.
One hundred days after their takeover, Myanmar’s ruling generals maintain just the pretense of control. The illusion is sustained mainly by its partially successful efforts to shut down independent media and to keep the streets clear of large demonstrations by employing lethal force. More than 750 protesters and bystanders have been killed by security forces, according to detailed independent tallies, and there have been numerous arrests and human rights violations.
The nation’s largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers.
The disruption of Colonial Pipeline caused long lines at gas stations in the Southeast due to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations.
China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space.
Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling down a ramp to explore an area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia. It will join an American rover that arrived at the red planet in February.
POPE FRANCIS’S FAMOUS LAST WEEK’S WORDS
I read things like this and think of people who say he is the worst pope ever. Or he is confusing people. I wonder if they read these statements. I wonder how they can think these things when I read such profound statements like this.-Me
He’s profoundly clear, simple, accessible. Some of his homilies can stand as modern classics. He speaks and writes in a way people can grasp and understand, as a pastor to his people. (His special Urbi et Orbi last year during the pandemic will rightly endure long after he is gone.) JP2 was brilliant and Benedict was a master teacher; but Francis, you sense, is one of us. DeaconGreg Kandra
Just reading his Urbi et Orbi can bring me to tears, and that’s without the almost supernatural imagery of him alone in St. Peter’s.
His exhortation on personal holiness, Gaudete et Exsultate, is a brilliant spiritual work that I, in parish ministry, can literally hand to anyone and know they’ll get great stuff out of it. I can’t do that with the works if Benedict or JPII.
Francis has very literally pastored me more in the past five years than any priest I know in real life.-Paul
APOSTOLIC LETTER
ISSUED “MOTU PROPRIO”
BY THE SUPREME PONTIFF
1. The ministry of Catechist in the Church is an ancient one. Theologians commonly hold that the first examples are already present in the writings of the New Testament. The service of catechesis may be traced back to those “teachers” mentioned by the Apostle in writing to the community of Corinth: “Some people God has designated in the Church to be, first, apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then, mighty deeds; then, gifts of healing, assistance, administration, and varieties of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work mighty deeds? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way” (1 Cor 12:28-31).
BLOG/ARTICLES POSTS OF THE WEEK
When we read through scripture an the works of the early church fathers something we see something become apparent. Not all doctrine that we have today was in its current form in the earliest days of the church. Heresies came up, questions were asked, and from this further clarification and development came about.
The kernels of faith that were passed on by Jesus and the disciples were molded and thought upon to come to what we have today. Saint Cardinal Henry Newman came to this realization when reading church history. He wrote an instrumental work on the subject titled The Development of Christian Doctrinethat I recommend anyone who is serious about the faith ought to read. Henry Newman And The Development Of Doctrine – William Hemsworth
Too many voices are not being heard in the Catholic Church today.
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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Series) Hardcover – May 4, 2021 by Bill O’Reilly(Author), Martin Dugard(Author)
New Tunes In The Jukebox Baby
A Lot of Good Music This Week.
A lot of remixes were available this week.
Weezer with AJR, A combo worth listening to.
One of my favorite bands singing one of their hits for nurses.
Another Wellerman Version of the hit sea shanty.
OK GO made several new different versions of their 2020 Stuck at Home Song. Here is one of those versions.
A New Song I discovered about a guy singing about his lovely daughter.
Informative, Funny, Unique and Vibrant Videos
OF THE WEEK
The Theological Reflections of these two priests are inspiring and thought provoking and makes me love my Catholic Faith.
MYS154: The 16th century French seer Nostradamus continues to fascinate the public. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether he could predict the future, how we should interpret his prophecies, and what was the secret technique he used to compose them.
Spencer Silver (1941–2021), co-inventor of Post-it Notes
Pervis Staples (1935–2021), co-founder of the Staple Singers
Weaver, who in 2009 became the youngest person to conduct an interview with a sitting president, died May 1 at age 23, his sister, Candace Hardy, confirmed Thursday. She said his death was due to natural causes.
Weaver was just 11 years old and a student at Canal Point Elementary School when he met with President Obama for about 10 minutes in the White House Diplomatic Room on Aug. 13, 2009, asking 12 questions that focused primarily on education and schools. Damon Weaver, kid journalist who interviewed Obama, dies (palmbeachpost.com)
91% Oxygen (2021) Netflix [movie]
– – Intergalactic: Season 1 (2021) Peacock
31% The Woman in the Window (2021) Netflix [movie]
63% Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021) HBO Max [movie]
A prayer I never thought I would pray: Saint Carlo Acutis, fellow childhood Spider-Man fan…ora pro nobis.You can wear the suit. And you can be a saint. Anyone can wear the suit, and anyone can be a saint.- Deacon Steven D. GreydanusMore about Carlo Acutis: https://bit.ly/3btSrgE Photo source: https://bit.ly/3wbhNIe
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